Coalinga High School - Petrolia Yearbook (Coalinga, CA)

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Vol XIII June 1937 No. 1 Petrolia Presents ' 36- ' 37 Chronicle Yearbook Features School Activities In Newspaper Theme Fashioned after the whims the taste of the sourpuss night goes to press in step with the ra abreast with all phases of living Divisions for seniors, classes, sports, and organizations com- piled in true journalistic style add a novel atmosphere to this year- book. Seniors merit the headline Dews, juniors handle classified ads, sophomores feature the so- ciety section, and junior high runs in the comic strips. To emphasize further the jour- nalistic theme, the sports editors have deviated from the charac- teristic color of the other pages and adopted green paper for their sections. Articles of this division have been loosely written without strictly adhering to editorial or news stylo, but blending the qual- ities of both to bring that individ- ualistic touch to the section which is peculiar to the daily sheets. of newspaperdom, styled for editor, the Petrolia this year pid pace of school life, as in this mechanical era. News Flash! Student Body Officers Elected Election of the 1!I37-1!I3S stu- dent body officers was held the latter part of May. and after a week of electioneering, the following people were voted into office: Cledith Bourdeau, Presi- dent : Donald Gilman, V i c e President; Yvonne Hay, Sec- retary; George Lacey. Treas- urer; Allan Collins, Business Manager; James Bruce. Boys ' Yell L°adei; Jessie Hunter, Girls ' Yell Leader. School Annual Published By Coalinga High Members of the Petrolia staff have endeavored to leave for the student b o d y a yearbook worthy of remembrance. It it their belief that as the students thumb through its pages in years to come, they will feel a warm glow at the glance of each described event of this un- forgettable year. Student activities in the high school during the past year have been more numerous than ever before, since three new and two young clubs have been function- ing. Student control has been in- troduced in senior high and a new system of election has been tried in junior high. Moving pic- tures have been used extensively both for entertainment and for classroom instruction. Swimming and football have made marvelous headway, carrying forward with them school spirit. It is with these thoughts in mind that the members have en- joyed their task.